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Rui did not open the door; instead he went back to his room and woke up Akira. "Akira, wake up. Doumyouji Tsukasa's looking for you. Come on, wake up." Akira still slept on and turned his body from Rui. Rui kept trying to wake him up.
Then Akira murmured sleepily," Who's at the door?" Rui told him again that Doumyouji was outside. When Akira heard who was out there, he jumped out from the bed and paced around the room in panic. "See, I told you, Rui. We should not have interfered in this situation. What shall we do now?"
Rui did not answer Akira, and left the room. He walked to Tsukushi's room, and without knocking on her door, he entered. Then he shook Tsukushi awake, "Tsukushi, wake up."
"Ouahh...what do you want, Rui? Eh...what are you doing in my room?" Tsukushi gasped in surprise.
"Doumyouji. He's here. Do you want to meet him?"
Tsukushi sat up too fast, and that made her back hurt, "Ouch..my back."
"Be careful, Tsukushi, you're still injured."
Tsukushi told Rui, "Please make him leave. I don't want to see him again. I know I can count on you, Rui." Rui glanced into her pleading eyes. He got up from her bed, and passed Akira, who was outside the door and had heard everything.
He did not try to stop Rui, but he said to Tsukushi before closing her door, "Makino, lock the door and do not make any noise." Tsukushi nodded and her heart started beating very fast.
Rui opened the door and invited Doumyouji and Soujirou to come inside the flat. Tsukasa rushed in and looked around the flat, searching for something suspicious. He wanted to look behind the shut doors but Soujirou had told him earlier to be calm. Akira joined them in the living room. He politely asked them to sit on the couch. Inside their hearts, the four of them knew that the others were not acting naturally.
Akira started, "I salute you. You have found our whereabouts in such a short time. So, what can I do for you, Doumyouji-san?"
"Just call me Tsukasa. You've told me that you didn't know where Tsukushi is. But, I assumed that both of you know where is she now. Please tell me something, I am afraid she's in danger right now." Tsukasa was straight to the point.
Rui replied, "Well, last time I already said that we didn't have anything to do with this. We're worried about Tsukushi too, but that's just because she used to be our maid. That was why we tried to look for her in her apartment, but if you remember our conversation, that was our last time to search for her."
Akira added, "That is also why we move here. We don't have any maid now. We decide to find a small place to stay in before the fight begins. Jirou, are you going to be participating in the next one?" Akira tried to change the subject matter.
Before Soujirou could speak, Tsukasa interjected, "Enough of this bullshit, we know that you know something that we don't know about her. I just want to ask both of you to help me find my girl!"
Tsukushi heard everything inside the room. Her heart was breaking, but no more tears could come out from her eyes anymore. After Akira had shut the door, she moved to the door to lock it, but she did not in the end; instead, she just stood there and listened to the conversation outside the living room. Her legs were not strong enough to stand for that long, so she fell. *thump*
That 4 guys heard the thump. Tsukasa stood as if he was going to find the source of that noise. Rui turned to Akira and made a worried face. Akira hurriedly talked, "Well, we cannot do anything to help you. If you don't mind, we have something on this morning and we need some privacy. Thank you for visiting us." He then moved to the door, indicating to his 'guests' that he wanted them to leave.
Tsukasa did not care about what Akira was doing. He just continued walking to the room where the sound came from, but before he open the room door, Rui blocked his way. "I want to respect you as our guest, and we want you to respect us as hosts. Or should I call the police and report that you are illegally entering into our flat. You've heard what Akira said, haven't you?"
Tsukasa answered Rui's question with his body language, which was he did not give a damn to what Rui said. Soujirou could see what was going to happen next, so he held onto Tsukasa's arm to restrain him from doing stupid things. "Tsukasa, let's go. If they say they don't know anything about Makino, we should believe them. We'll find her, come on pal, let it go." Soujioru turned to Akira and Rui, "We are very sorry for the misunderstanding, but we really appreciate it if you can contact us if both of you know or hear something about her."
Finally Tsukasa followed what Soujirou told him to do. But he warned Rui and Akira before going out the doorway, "I am not going to apologize to both of you, I know that you are lying to me. I will prove it, just you wait and see."
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Rui hurriedly opened Tsukushi's room door and helped Tsukushi to her bed. "Are you OK now?" asked Rui.
Tsukushi answered, "I hope so. I thought I was going to collapse again when I heard your voices very close to the door. Doumyouji was going to open the door, wasn't he?"
Akira said, "Rui, I think we need a plan to get Makino out from here. I see their car is still parked across our flat. They are staying there to watch us. What do you have in mind, Rui?"
Before Rui answered, he asked Tsukushi one more time, "Tsukushi, please make up your mind. You want to end this and forget everything or what? You said to us that you already know who's behind all these. Why don't you want Doumyouji to help you through this?"
"It's a long story and we have too little time. I was thinking a lot last night: I want to end everything with Doumyouji, I don't want him to find out who's behind all this." Inside her heart, Tsukushi was still thinking about Doumyouji; she missed him so much. But it was impossible now to making their dream came true after all that had happened.
"You're making us more confused, does it has anything to do with Doumyouji Tsukasa?" Akira guessed Tsukushi remained silent.
Then Rui relented, "We will hear your story later then. Here's the plan..............."
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Soujirou could not do anything when Tsukasa decided to wait and sit in the car to stake out Mimasaka's flat. Soujirou could felt too that Hanazawa and Mimasaka were lying to them. He could not believe that he was so involved with his new friend's personal matters. He asked himself, why should he care. His plan was to stick with Tsukasa until this was over, afterall during his stay with Tsukasa, he could eat 3 times a day, wear clean shirts and have place to sleep in. That was enough for him. Sometimes he missed his mother so much and he could not count how many times he wanted to go back home. But he never did.
He left his house because he wanted to avoid his father, who was always demanding him to become someone that he could be proud of. Soujirou always questioned why his father could not proud of what he was and what he wanted to be. He wanted to prove to his father that he did not need the money and he could live, even in the worst of conditions. If he were to die someday, no one, except his mother, would care. That was why he never contacted her. Because he did not want to make his mother sad and hurt for the second time since he left the house.
"Yo, Jirou, what's on your mind? You didn't react when I called you," Tsukasa slapped his head.
"Tsukasa, I need a favor from you. But first I will tell you that I will help you through all of these. I will help you find Makino. Then, when our mission is completed, I want you to company me when I go back to my parents' house, my home." It sounded nice to talk about home again, was Soujirou's thought.
Tsukasa looked at Soujirou's tearing eyes. "I will and thank you for all what you've said to help me out. I've appreciated it and it's about time for you to be a Nishikado again."
Just then, they saw Akira's car moving out from the garage. They decided to follow him. "Did you see Tsukushi inside his car, Jirou?"
Soujirou shook his head.
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Rui did not open the door; instead he went back to his room and woke up Akira. "Akira, wake up. Doumyouji Tsukasa's looking for you. Come on, wake up." Akira still slept on and turned his body from Rui. Rui kept trying to wake him up.
Then Akira murmured sleepily," Who's at the door?" Rui told him again that Doumyouji was outside. When Akira heard who was out there, he jumped out from the bed and paced around the room in panic. "See, I told you, Rui. We should not have interfered in this situation. What shall we do now?"
Rui did not answer Akira, and left the room. He walked to Tsukushi's room, and without knocking on her door, he entered. Then he shook Tsukushi awake, "Tsukushi, wake up."
"Ouahh...what do you want, Rui? Eh...what are you doing in my room?" Tsukushi gasped in surprise.
"Doumyouji. He's here. Do you want to meet him?"
Tsukushi sat up too fast, and that made her back hurt, "Ouch..my back."
"Be careful, Tsukushi, you're still injured."
Tsukushi told Rui, "Please make him leave. I don't want to see him again. I know I can count on you, Rui." Rui glanced into her pleading eyes. He got up from her bed, and passed Akira, who was outside the door and had heard everything.
He did not try to stop Rui, but he said to Tsukushi before closing her door, "Makino, lock the door and do not make any noise." Tsukushi nodded and her heart started beating very fast.
Rui opened the door and invited Doumyouji and Soujirou to come inside the flat. Tsukasa rushed in and looked around the flat, searching for something suspicious. He wanted to look behind the shut doors but Soujirou had told him earlier to be calm. Akira joined them in the living room. He politely asked them to sit on the couch. Inside their hearts, the four of them knew that the others were not acting naturally.
Akira started, "I salute you. You have found our whereabouts in such a short time. So, what can I do for you, Doumyouji-san?"
"Just call me Tsukasa. You've told me that you didn't know where Tsukushi is. But, I assumed that both of you know where is she now. Please tell me something, I am afraid she's in danger right now." Tsukasa was straight to the point.
Rui replied, "Well, last time I already said that we didn't have anything to do with this. We're worried about Tsukushi too, but that's just because she used to be our maid. That was why we tried to look for her in her apartment, but if you remember our conversation, that was our last time to search for her."
Akira added, "That is also why we move here. We don't have any maid now. We decide to find a small place to stay in before the fight begins. Jirou, are you going to be participating in the next one?" Akira tried to change the subject matter.
Before Soujirou could speak, Tsukasa interjected, "Enough of this bullshit, we know that you know something that we don't know about her. I just want to ask both of you to help me find my girl!"
Tsukushi heard everything inside the room. Her heart was breaking, but no more tears could come out from her eyes anymore. After Akira had shut the door, she moved to the door to lock it, but she did not in the end; instead, she just stood there and listened to the conversation outside the living room. Her legs were not strong enough to stand for that long, so she fell. *thump*
That 4 guys heard the thump. Tsukasa stood as if he was going to find the source of that noise. Rui turned to Akira and made a worried face. Akira hurriedly talked, "Well, we cannot do anything to help you. If you don't mind, we have something on this morning and we need some privacy. Thank you for visiting us." He then moved to the door, indicating to his 'guests' that he wanted them to leave.
Tsukasa did not care about what Akira was doing. He just continued walking to the room where the sound came from, but before he open the room door, Rui blocked his way. "I want to respect you as our guest, and we want you to respect us as hosts. Or should I call the police and report that you are illegally entering into our flat. You've heard what Akira said, haven't you?"
Tsukasa answered Rui's question with his body language, which was he did not give a damn to what Rui said. Soujirou could see what was going to happen next, so he held onto Tsukasa's arm to restrain him from doing stupid things. "Tsukasa, let's go. If they say they don't know anything about Makino, we should believe them. We'll find her, come on pal, let it go." Soujioru turned to Akira and Rui, "We are very sorry for the misunderstanding, but we really appreciate it if you can contact us if both of you know or hear something about her."
Finally Tsukasa followed what Soujirou told him to do. But he warned Rui and Akira before going out the doorway, "I am not going to apologize to both of you, I know that you are lying to me. I will prove it, just you wait and see."
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Rui hurriedly opened Tsukushi's room door and helped Tsukushi to her bed. "Are you OK now?" asked Rui.
Tsukushi answered, "I hope so. I thought I was going to collapse again when I heard your voices very close to the door. Doumyouji was going to open the door, wasn't he?"
Akira said, "Rui, I think we need a plan to get Makino out from here. I see their car is still parked across our flat. They are staying there to watch us. What do you have in mind, Rui?"
Before Rui answered, he asked Tsukushi one more time, "Tsukushi, please make up your mind. You want to end this and forget everything or what? You said to us that you already know who's behind all these. Why don't you want Doumyouji to help you through this?"
"It's a long story and we have too little time. I was thinking a lot last night: I want to end everything with Doumyouji, I don't want him to find out who's behind all this." Inside her heart, Tsukushi was still thinking about Doumyouji; she missed him so much. But it was impossible now to making their dream came true after all that had happened.
"You're making us more confused, does it has anything to do with Doumyouji Tsukasa?" Akira guessed Tsukushi remained silent.
Then Rui relented, "We will hear your story later then. Here's the plan..............."
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Soujirou could not do anything when Tsukasa decided to wait and sit in the car to stake out Mimasaka's flat. Soujirou could felt too that Hanazawa and Mimasaka were lying to them. He could not believe that he was so involved with his new friend's personal matters. He asked himself, why should he care. His plan was to stick with Tsukasa until this was over, afterall during his stay with Tsukasa, he could eat 3 times a day, wear clean shirts and have place to sleep in. That was enough for him. Sometimes he missed his mother so much and he could not count how many times he wanted to go back home. But he never did.
He left his house because he wanted to avoid his father, who was always demanding him to become someone that he could be proud of. Soujirou always questioned why his father could not proud of what he was and what he wanted to be. He wanted to prove to his father that he did not need the money and he could live, even in the worst of conditions. If he were to die someday, no one, except his mother, would care. That was why he never contacted her. Because he did not want to make his mother sad and hurt for the second time since he left the house.
"Yo, Jirou, what's on your mind? You didn't react when I called you," Tsukasa slapped his head.
"Tsukasa, I need a favor from you. But first I will tell you that I will help you through all of these. I will help you find Makino. Then, when our mission is completed, I want you to company me when I go back to my parents' house, my home." It sounded nice to talk about home again, was Soujirou's thought.
Tsukasa looked at Soujirou's tearing eyes. "I will and thank you for all what you've said to help me out. I've appreciated it and it's about time for you to be a Nishikado again."
Just then, they saw Akira's car moving out from the garage. They decided to follow him. "Did you see Tsukushi inside his car, Jirou?"
Soujirou shook his head.
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